Het destructieve karakter
Subtitle: voorafgegaan door Het destructieve karakter
By: Dick Raaijmakers ; Walter Benjamin = The destructive character ; preceded by Walter Benjamin The destructive character / Dick Raaijmakers ; Walter Benjamn
Contributors: Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940, author; Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940; Raaijmakers, Dick, 1930-2013; Groves, A. Staley, author
Series: Onomatopee -- 54; Onomatopee -- 54A [booklet]; Onomatopee (Series) -- no. 54.; Onomatopee (Series) -- no. 54A.
Publisher: Onomatopee
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Eindhoven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9789078454663; 9789078454656
Subjects: Destruction art; Philosophy
Other titles: Destructive character :; Destructive character; Etui.
Description: "The Destructive Character by the Dutch composer, multimedia artist and theorist Dick Raaijmakers (b. 1930) is a commentary on an essay from 1931 by Walter Benjamin bearing the same title and included. In his reaction, Raaijmakers focuses on the fact that the destructive character knows of only one activity: clearing away. Through a series of telling examples--from Fluxus and Glenn Gould to Laurel and Hardy, John Cage, and his own work--Raaijmakers discusses the characteristics and the peculiarities of the destructive character inside and outside the arts. The Destructive Character makes us understand that every destruction also implies a new beginning"--
Notes: Tête bêche publication: consists of two sets of pages inverted one from the other and running in opposite directions to the center.

Accompanying volume: "Étui"  A. Staley Groves.  Onomatopee 54A.  This booklet is an appendix to The Destructive Character by Dick Raaijmakers

Includes bibliographical references.

Dutch and English.